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The 2023 public holiday calendar in Italy

Check the calendar of holidays and festive days in 2023 in Italy.

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The 2023 public holiday calendar in Italy

How many holidays are there in next year's calendar in Italy? When is Easter or Carnival in 2023?

In 2023 there will be 10 midweek holidays and 250 working days. Let's discover together the calendar of festive days and long holidays (ponti) in 2023, in Italy.

Holidays and feast days in Italy: the 2023 calendar

January 1st
Sunday
New Year (Capodanno)
National holiday

January 6,
Friday
Epiphany of the Lord (Epiphany)
National holiday

February 14
Tuesday
Valentine's Day (San Valentino)
It's not a holiday

February 21
Tuesday
Carnival 2023
Optional holiday

March 19
Sunday
Father's Day (Festa del Papà)

April 7
Friday
Good Friday (Venerdì Santo)
It's not a holiday

April 9
Sunday
Easter (Pasqua)

April 10
Monday
Easter Monday (Lunedì dell'Angelo or Pasquetta)
National holiday

April 21
Friday
Rome's Birthday (Natale di Roma)
Local holiday

April 25
Tuesday
Liberation Anniversary (Festa della Liberazione)
National holiday

May 1st
Monday
Labor Day (Festa del Lavoro)
National holiday

May 14
Sunday
Mother's Day (Festa della mamma)

June 2
Friday
Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica)
National holiday

June 29
Thursday
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (San Pietro and Paolo)
Holiday in Rome

August 15th, XNUMX
Tuesday
Assumption of Mary (Ferragosto)
National holiday

November 1st
Wednesday
All Saints' Day (Ognissanti)
National holiday

December 7th
Thursday
Feast of Saint Ambrogio (Feast of Sant'Ambrogio)
Holiday in Milan

December 8th
Friday
Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione)
National holiday

December 25th
Monday
Christmas (Christmas)
National holiday

December 26th
Tuesday
Saint Stephen's Day (Santo Stefano)
National holiday

December 31th
Sunday
New Year's Eve (San Silvestro)
National holiday

Long holidays in 2023 in Italy

If the new year 2023 fell on a Sunday and effectively precluded the possibility of taking a few more days off, Epiphany offers the opportunity to make up for it. 

In fact, January 6th is a Friday: this means that the long weekend of Epiphany, from Friday to Sunday, lasts three days.

O Carnival, with their documents tradicionais and their masks, is celebrated as usual on Tuesdays, despite it not being a national holiday: this year it falls on February 21st, the Shrove Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday, in free translation. 

Forty days later, it comes to Easter Holiday and the Monday of Easter Holiday, with the usual three-day long weekend: Saturday 08th to Monday 10th April.

Bridge also to the Liberation Day, April 25th, scheduled for Tuesday – 4 days off. 

The Labor Day long weekend, May 1, falls on a Monday. 

A month later, another “ponti” lasting 3 days on the occasion of the Republic Day, which falls on Friday, June 2nd.

O Ferragosto falls on Tuesday, August 15, 2023: another opportunity for a four-day long weekend. 

Between November and December, there is no shortage of opportunities to disconnect from work.

the party of all saints, on November 1st, it will be on a Wednesday.
While the holiday Immaculate Conception is scheduled for Friday, December 8th: 3 days off. 

Christmas will also be super long: 4 days. The Christmas party takes place on Monday and Saint Stephen's Day, which also has a national holiday, will be on Tuesday (December 26).

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